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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-02-16
Treatment of the Gala Lily.

To all lovers of the beautiful Gala
lily | write this, to give my method of
caring for it. The first thing is to
choose pot suitable, according to the
size of the bulb. / have three large
bulbs in an eight-inch pot. | lay the
crock on its side in June and leave it so
until August, occasionally watering it.
In August it is replanted in rich loose
dirt-rotten sod or dirt from around a
decayed stump is the best. The pot
selected for the lily must have drainage,
or the roots will decay. Then COM
mon crock is selected, one with a far
ing rim being best suited for the pur-
pose, and the pot containing the lily is
set into the other. This outer crock
fill with boiling hot water every morn
ing, throwing away the water that re-
mains from the preceding day. In this
way the ground is kept in something of
its natural way, and if the sisters do not
have some lovely flowers they will not
succeed as has the writer. / have
grown callas for ten years. AS soon as
the old flower begins to fade | cut it
off, and another will come on the same
stem. The bulb must be four years
old before it will blossom.-L. Z. d.,
IN Homestead.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-02-16

themselves by testing them with diff
ferent fertilizers. Analysis of soils
will not show what different farms need
practically, as the soil taken from one
spot on the farm might differ very ma
terially from that taken from spot
rod away. If the soil was alike all
over the farm, chemistry would deter
mine what was needed. A man will
say, "I don't know what ails my land.
1t is rich and l get big growth, but
not big crops" When the crop runs
to stalks, with little grain, it is pretty
sure indication of surplus nitrogen.
In what form shall the farmer buy COM
mercial fertilizers? If he does not know
what he needs he will buy complete
fertilizer-that is, one containing all
three elements of plant food, nitrogen,
potash and phosphoric acid. If he
knows what he lacks he will buy that
only. If the farmer counts his time
and work as nothing he can. perhaps, get
his fertilizer a little cheaper by buying
his chemicals and mixing them himself,
and for phosphoric acid perhaps bone
meal is as cheap a source, as it contains
about twenty per cent of phosphoric
acid and three per cent of nitrogen.
The phosphoric acid in bone-meal is in
the form which chemists know as in
soluble, but the soil will dissolve it
and make it available as plant-food, if
you give it time enough. The finer it is
the more readily it will dissolve-a good
deal of it the first year.
We had hoped to give the entire re-
port of this meeting in this issue,
but in making so full a report we are
unable to do so. In our next will be
given the report of the remainder of
Professor Cookies lecture, Mr.. Hills
paper on the " Breeding and Feeding Of
Horses" and Mr.. Lanes paper on "The
Two Values of Fodder" Persons who
wish the next paper can secure it by
enclosing one two-cent stamp.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-02-16
Mrs. Jones' Easy Chair.

The seat of Mrs. Jones' one large
easy chair gradually gave out, till at last
even the fat cushion she had made to
hide the worn place failed to - fulfill
its mission and Mr.. Jones arose from
it one night with the remark, &" That
chair must be set aside till he could
spare money to pay man to reseat it,
But Mrs. Jones rose to the emergency,
and instead of putting the chair away
to set for an indefinite length of time
in dilapidated disuse, she took off the
cushion and cut the old cane-seat en-
tirely out. Then she took a piece of
sacking-stout, coarse hemp cloth
and cut out of it piece little more
than an inch larger than the seat, so as
to be able to turn it in all around to
make it stouter to hold the tacks which
were driven through it into the frame of
the seat, at a distance of about one and
half inches apart. A hole was made for
each tack with a straight, stout awl, by
which method they were successfully
driven. Mrs. Jones knew by expert
ence that to have undertaken to drive
the tacks into the hard wood of which
the frame of the seat was made with
out first making holes would have re-
suited in a complete failure. AT night,
before seating himself in the renovated
chair, which was his favorite resting
place, Mr.. Jones cautiously raised the
cushion to see if it were safe TO trust
his one hundred fifty pounds avoirdu-
pois thereon. Seeing the new seat he
smiled little contemptuously, remark
ing: " Last about two days" Then he
= sat down upon it " and-did not fall
through. Mrs. Jones did not mind the
deprecatory remark; she knew the seat
would " last" and it did last more than
II year.-Good Housekeeping.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-02-16
Early Chickens.

In an editorial, February on the
Farm, - | find this remark: Whoever is
ingenious enough to secure warm feet,
pure air and nourishing food for chick
ems can have nice broilers, etc. Cold
feet does kill more early chickens than
any other cause, and stove does no
good, as far as that is concerned But
let me tell you what | did. We had a
lot of road sand stored away for them
to dust in, and every morning took a
quantity of it and warmed it hotter
than | could bear my hand in. l then put
it in boxes a foot wide, two or three
feet long and about three inches high.
Those dear little chickens soon found
out how warm that box of sand was,
and as quick as / poured it in they
would hop in and cuddle their tiny cold
feet down into it and bask on it and in
the sun-as | always set it in the sun,
if it shone-until they were as warm
and happy as June chickens. One such
box was large enough for fifteen or
twenty chicks. We Stat the end of a
barrel and keep the mother shut up
while the chicks are small. For food
we use hard-boiled eggs at first; then
meal and shorts, with a few scraps; ;
then wheat and hulled oats, of which
they are very fond. AS for pure air,
to tell the truth, we don't try very hard
to get that, but let them get what they
can by having the door open as we go
in and out. We have had some Grip
pies, but generally saved them. We
only worked for such early chickens
two years, as it took so much time, was
so much trouble and / had so mich
else to do we thought it hardly paid 3,
even at forty-iive and fifty cents per
pounds. b. Sawyer, IN New England
Hammer
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-02-16
Mr.. BOwser's Experience.

Last fall Mr.. Bowser took notion to
keep few hens. | opposed the pro-
iect at once, and recalled to mind the
three or four dismal failures already
scored against us; but he turned on me
with that majestic air of his and re-
piled: Mrs. Bowser, we shall keep
hens. 1t is true that former expert
ments have been failures, but there are
excuses for it. In the first place, | did
not get the right brand of hens. In
the next, you did not take care of them
as you should. The hen business, to
be made success, must be pursued the
same as any other business" "Ive
got all ! can attend to without fooling
with hens, Mr.. Bowser." Certainly.
No one wants any of your help, Mrs.
Bowser Indeed, the further you keep
away from my hens the better | shall
like it. The sight of woman in
Mother Hubbard, with her hair twisted
up in knot and hole showing in the
heel of each stocking is enough to
stop any hen in the country from per-
forming the egg business. You just
attend to your gossip and your callers,
Mrs. Bowser, and I'll attend to my
poultryn Mr.. Bowser ordered up $50
worth of lumber and carpenter, and
then took the children's playground for
the site of his hennery. The two men
were working around for four or five
days, and one evening Mr.. Bowser
came in and said: Mrs. Bowser, the
hennery is an accomplished fact. l
have erected structure which even
the most fastidious hen must commend
| for external beauty and internal con-
venience. am going down to the gro
cerv tonight to see how many dozen
eggs we can dispose of per week"
FCan't we eat them ALP" "Can you
eat thirty or forty dozen eggs per week,
madame" That silenced me. The
grocer said he would take eighty dozen
per week, provided they were fresh,
and Mr.. Bowser came home and made
his figures as follows:
To sale of eighty dozen eggs per week, ..".sl6 90
10 keep of twenty hens per week,,....,,...,. 90
Aren't your figures rather high on
the number of eggs?" | ventured to
inquire. "High? | should say not!
I'm figuring at least ten per cent too
low. Wen use about four dozen per
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-02-16
Feed for Winter.

Have meal made in the following
proportions: Thirty pounds. of corn,
fifteen pounds of oats, ten pounds of
barley, fifteen pounds of wheat-bran;
all ground fine and well mixed together.
Now, in feeding it, scald it and add
ginger or little cayenne pepper twice
each week; add a dessert-spoonful of
ground sulphur for every twelve hens;
at noon feed vegetables in some form,
with corn and oats, corn and wheat or
corn and barley at four O'Clock; this
regular feeding, with warm houses,
furnished with open sheds, will secure
you eggs in winter-more of them
and those that will hatch in early
spring.-OW Country Home.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-02-16
Gbe 4oltseboIo.
The Golden Age.

My love and laugh DER the page
That tells the varied story
How love ran in the Golden Age
We care not for its glory.
Idly we read how Grecian maids
Entangled Jove, the mighty,
or how Adonis in the glades
Played with fair Aphrodite.
Pan the coy river nymyh may WOO;
Pygmalion, Galatea
our love is just as sweet and true
As theirs by blue Egea.
Nor lacks II the enchanting power
That blends divine with human:
My dear will change at any hour
TO goddess or to woinan
Thus loves eternal heritage
Doth gild our modern portals:
Cupid and Psyche know not age,
And we, too, are immortals!
-LippincoH for FeJrUdr
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-02-16

PERSONAL NoTICE.-That soreness
and tightness of the lungs will speedily
90 after you apply Hop PlaSterS be-
tween the shoulder blades and to
the chest They allay pain, soothe
and strengthen. Drugstore, twenty-five
cents. Hop Plaster Co., makers, Bos-
ton, Mass.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-02-16

YEARS ago Plato advised teaching
boys the things they would require
when they became men. 1t is pleasant
to know that this advice has been
needed at Exchange. This is
kind of superficial advice that seems
plausible, and yet has many dangers, if
taken too literally. All young men
should have broad general education,
regardless of what business, trade or
profession they may choose in life. OF
course, if liberal Interpretation is
given to the things boys " would re-
quire when they became men, we
would agree with the quotation. But
this kind of a paragraph is usually
quoted and reproduced in narrow
spirit. -Ne,o England Farmer.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-02-16

No matter how well-bred a horse
may be, if it is too nervous, balks,
kicks. cribs or is vicious its value is
lessened and its usefulness impaired.
While many of the vices are acquired,
yet others are inherited, and hence
something else must be considered in
breeding horses than size, speed and
endurance. The farme1 should not ig-
more the advantages of size and activ-
ity, however, but he should always be
careful to study the characteristics of
both sire and dam.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-02-16
FOR SALE
OR TO RENT.

offer my farm, consisting of one hundred fifteen
acres, in East Montpelier, for sale at aprice low
enough to suit purchaser; or If 1t is not sold soon II
will be rented. Address
J, AUSTIN PAINE, st. bloomsbury, Vt.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-02-16
Winter Exposure Causes Coughs,
Sale!

A FARM of $50 acres of good land; good house
N well finished and convenient good barns and
outbuildingsi cuts nifty tons of hay; four miles
from depot and village. Price only 81 600, For a
particular description write to or inquire of DENNIS
LANE, Montpelier, Vt,
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-02-16
Another Equally Desirable Farm for Rent,

and although quite as large stocked wholly with
cows and team. The present stock of cows is fifteen
but they can be increased to twenty in number this
spring if desired,
Good fdtthfHl and dblebOdied men wanted for these
farms, those who come well recommended
None other need apply.
ORANGE FIFIELD, Montpelier, Vt.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-02-16
Two Good Sets of Farm Buildings

1t is well wooded and watered has two good sugar
and apple orchards and is now stocked with fifteen
cows which may he increased one hundred sheep,
four horses and colts, pair of about thirty
head of cattle and the necessary farming tools The
farm can be divided to accommodate two families
or be made into two small farms. and is chance
for good man, to whom good trade will be
a
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-02-16
For Mixed Voices.
Oliver Ditson & Co., Boston.
Valuable Farms
To Let!

large and valuable farm containing about three
hundred acres of good land, divided into moving,
illage and pasturage, and under perfect state of
cultivation. is offered by the subscriber to rent
shares. The farm is pleasantly located about four
miles from Barre depot on good road and contains
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-02-16

A" Aren't your figures rather high on
the number of eggs?" | ventured to
inquire, "High? | should say not!
I'm figuring at least ten per cent too
low. Wen use about four dozen per
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-02-16
FRIDAY MORNINGS SESSION.

The meeting was opened with an adj
dress by Joel Blackmer of Stockbridge
on " Farm Buildings" He thought
one could not now afford to build farm
buildings unless it was intended to
make home there. He confined his
remarks chiefly to farm barns. Barns
should be built according to the size of
the farm, and should have, all under
one roof, an underground or basement,
about eight feet in height. He would
also have the same height between the
first floor and the one above, into which
the hay and grain are to be drawn.
Here a man can unload half-a-dozen
loads of hay without man to NOW
away. He described the method of
framing such barn. He would have
the driveway in the end. He would
like barn so constructed as to keep
the hogs under the horse-stables, where
they could run on the manure.
Professor Cooke spoke of " Reno
waiting Vermont Farms" There are
three methods of doing this which he
would describe. There is no need
now to tell the farmers of Vermont
what plants need for their sustenance,
and he would only speak of three forms
of plant food-nitrogen, potash ana
phosphoric acid-and he who knows
what his farm needs need not, perhaps,
buy all of these. Potash in the soil,
and of which some soils have all they
need, is insoluble in the strongest acids,
but plants do get hold of the potash IN
these soils, and what different soils
need the farmers must ascertain foI
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1887-02-24

Cold is an idol worshipcd in alI
climates without single temple, and
by AL classes without q single liyp.
.ocriEe. .....
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1887-02-24

Once a good-natmed boy, With n
vein Of hrmor in him, was cbnroed
with being lazy. Said the man Who
thus reproycd him:
"Perhops you took it from your fa-
thor"
"No; I guess not" was the droil
reply; "fathcr's gotull the laziness he
ever had"
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1887-02-24
twelve 1g8le Associatior.

of Tho Twelve Mile River Baptist A. :
sociation met on Monday the 9TH inst.
in the School Commissioners office at
pickens G. H LAnthonv. Chair
man. called the meeting TO order. All
the members of the Board were pres
ent. On motion J. Nj. Stewart was
chosen Clerk, and Rev. J. r. Lewis
Cor. Secretary. The secretary read
letters from Rev. II. Nj. Bailey, Cor.
Secretary of the State Board, which
give some valuable and desired infor
nation as to plans ror the years work.
The Board after considering the most
dostitut@ places within thc boun E
the Association, decided to cnlm O.
the work by occupying new stations,
aud holding the points already being
cultivated, ard cmplovin. an assis
tont T., inl,r,, in tJ,o bo,,rI. ,ril,o A.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1887-02-24
z " A CEE r. MRs's ns a az E4VJ.
CONDUCTED BY W. NJ. MoCASLAN.

hdNP 10 aehl III 'oOutn I aroma, Is now |
to make the public schools most near
ly approximate the purpose intended-
that is TO give all children between
tho ages of six and eighteen o fair
English Education. Various plans |
have from time to time, been
presented only to he cast aside as i'm
practicable. The law now provides a
two mill tax for the State together
with the poll tax, given to the town
ship III which the poll resides. This
furnishes about two dollars per an
numNhis is not CfficinO to each child
within The pros1ib2d age. Any IMAM
who Sees the sun in the heavens, can
sec that this amount is entirely made
urrntc to give n child ANYTHING like
common cold field school" education.
This brings us to the bank Of the
Ruhicon, where we must retreat
plunge and cross over, or sink in the
attempt. Here We are standing face
to face with facts--tGc rising gcncr-
alton must GROW up unCducatcd, the
fund mast be supplemented, or the
work must be GOnc Mt the teachers
expense. Justice TO our children for
bids the first, whiic Justice t. orr
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1887-02-24
ONION BUTTONS
AN d.
CABBAGE e5EEID

~ IL
Prepare the ground first with nv
Spades, Shovcls, Rakes and p]ows
Use plenty of Elbow Grease--thero's
nothing like it for producing a good
crop. Clean up the brian patches
with my Hoes, Mattocl1s and G,nb
Hoes, and plant corn there, with now
and then Pumpkin secd-malo the
Oid Folks haPpy--make them think
Of oid times.
Clean out the bitches with nv
Shovcl5, and trim down the banks
with MY bush hooks. Don't fail to
get one OF my Potato Hooks for you,
"i:c; there's nothing like them for
Trt&n% up potatoes; (and dinner will
always be ready when you get there. }
Look over the following articles and
pick out What you want.
HANDLED Hoes, Scovic Hoes, Bows
Hoes, Pitch Forks, Iron Razcs, Bush
Hooks, Potato Hooks, Back Bands
Heed Bolts, Plow Lines, Plow Stocks,
Tap iiinHs, Trace Chains, Hand Saws
Pal L"ch1, Well Buckets, Painted
Buckets, Cedar Buckets,
Observation-Disclosures o u
"nHn"cd. Observation-Disclosures
H""W!HtNouwant. Hyoudon' 'tnendanv
h!MGiu'ntioncdhcra, ,romcanlseemcan
INSTRUMENTATION tuowithout. Al
,"l2whil' iwillharcinaplcntyofGoodIri
sh]'"tat@r"PurcmdCheap.
w. rTa. ML u eEpa17-
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1887-02-24

THIS GOOD OLD STAAD"BT
6ccompshcs for everybody exactly what Is claimed
for One OF tho for tho great popularity OF
the Mustang Eminent Ia found In It's univcrshA
hpblicabilItys Everybody noeda such medicine
The LhmbGtmnn needs 1t In case OF accident
The Housewife needs It for BenaralfaInhy ufo'
The ChmnIcr needs It for his team snnd his mem
The Mechanic needs 1t always on his "ofk
BENCH
The Miner neods It in case OF emergency
The Pioneer needs sit-can'tB get along "lthouI II.
The Farmer needs 1t in his house. MS Ht"Di"
md his stock yard.
TIE Stohmbont man or tic Bohthitih "eo"s
1t In liberal supply anoatand ashore.
The HorsesfTineIeF needs lit IL MS Dct
friend and safest reliance.
The Stock "a F6weF needs tit VIII save him
thousahds Of dollars and n world OF trouble.
tFhs RnSIPodd man needs II and Will need it 30
long AZ hs ifo Is round Of accidents and dangers!
The t1SiEVVOo odsinan needs II. Thcre l5 moth
ing ike it RS an antldoto for tho dangers to life,
limb and comfort which surround tho ploricor.
TkB Merchant needs It about his store among
hts enitf6yees. Accidents will hdbftef, and when
these come the Mustang hnimcht IS wanted at oncu.
K6ePa Bottle In the House, 'Tis the bost Oc
e6ohoIny,
Keep Il Bottle In tho Factory. itsimmedIGtS
use in case of accident pain and loSs Of wages
Keep II Bottle AlwaEs I'm the SInble for
'itkb whsii wRnted'
Jan 20, 1887 7-iy
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1887-02-24
~ CEISS

{ ILL Persons arc hereby notified not
"A 10 harbor or clnplow my son Willie
Canon, without my consent.
THOMAS CANNON Jr.
~ IL, lNNr-3t
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1887-02-24

Some 0. our esteemed conte,npora-
RES have been kicking against inc
law which Requires the crops to bo
taxed, calling it hard, burdln3ome,
unjust lo%, If the constitution did
moi ezeinptit, there would be no itn.
propiiety IN taxing cnmch and school
property. We just have a certain
amount Of tag to pay, and we just as
'Welfay It on one thing rs aiotiiar
het so6toe bur9len IS cqualuea.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1887-02-24
Buoklen's Arnioa salva.

= The Best Salye in the world for Cu,s
sruises,, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rhenm FcWrr
Sores Tettes, Uhapped Hands, Chilhlairs
Corns, ana a. all Skin Eruptions, and positive
~ cures Piles, or no pay required II is
guaranteed 70 give perfect satisfaction
money In rGiu9Hed; Price % cents per box
For sale by Dr. G. w. Eayle. '''' p'l "0N
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1887-02-24

After much in~cstigation and talk
about the kind Of acfthot is furnish
ed the ianstcs Of sbo Asylum, the
main objection to il is, that It's poor
There wa8 nothing il IIo allegation
that it was unsound. Who knows
but what those people prefer lean
meaR The whole subject, beef and
all, should be laid on the table until
this question is answered.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1887-02-24

Truth'~~tho open, bold, honest truth
..,-is always tile safest, for any one,
ia any aad vi circumstances,
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1887-02-24

FUEr- TNH mi F@Ilu
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1887-11-03
DANGEROUS Drinks.

The Philadelphia News prints the
following:
ga bartender plaintively bewailed
she necessity of having to rub con-
geaIed drops of sticky beer off the bar.
but if let them remain said he in
the tone of one seeking compassion,
fthey rot the wood
"'They rot the wood, do they p
4iercely repeated a beer-bibber. 'Then
what in the name of common sense
Hoes beer do to my stomach p
"Replied the manipulation of drinks ::
Fit is beyond me to tell. Of one thing
d am confident, and that is mans
stomach is made of cast iron. Else
wise, how could he Withstand the fluids
he pOurs into it. Let me show you
sOmething.' He placed piece of raw
meat on the counter and dropped up
Dn it small measure of an imported
ginger-ale. In five minutes the meat
had parted into little pieces as though
hacked by q dull knife"
1t is not surprising that beer-drink-
ers are held by life insurance cOmpa-
MES TO be extra hazardous risks.